1995-96 season

Aug 19 h QPR.............W 1-0 shearer                            25,932
    23 a Sheffield W.....L 1-2 shearer                            25,544
    26 a Bolton W........L 1-2 holmes                             20,253
    28 h Manchester U....L 1-2 shearer                            29,843
Sep  9 h Aston Villa.....D 1-1 shearer                            27,084
    16 a Liverpool.......L 0-3                                    39,502
    23 h Coventry C......W 5-1 hendry,pearce,shearer 3            24,382
    30 a Middlesbrough...L 0-2                                    29,462
Oct 14 h Southampton.....W 2-1 shearer,bohinen                    26,780
    21 a West Ham U......D 1-1 shearer                            21,776
    28 h Chelsea.........W 3-0 sherwood,shearer,newell            27,733
Nov  5 a Everton.........L 0-1                                    30,097
     8 a Newcastle U.....L 0-1                                    36,473
    18 h Nottingham F....W 7-0 le saux,newell,bohinen 2,shearer 3 27,660
    26 a Arsenal.........D 0-0                                    37,695
Dec  2 h West Ham U......W 4-2 newell,shearer 3                   26,638
     9 a Coventry C......L 0-5                                    13,376
    16 h Middlesbrough...W 1-0 shearer                            27,996
    23 a Wimbledon.......D 1-1 sherwood                            7,105
    26 h Manchester C....W 2-0 shearer,batty                      28,915
    30 h Tottenham H.....W 2-1 shearer,marker                     30,004
Jan  1 a Leeds U.........D 0-0                                    31,285
    13 a QPR.............W 1-0 shearer                            13,957
    20 h Sheffield W.....W 3-0 gallacher,shearer,bohinen          24,732
Feb  3 h Bolton W........W 3-1 shearer 3                          30,419
    10 a Manchester U....L 0-1                                    42,681
    24 h Liverpool.......L 2-3 sherwood,wilcox                    30,895
    28 a Aston Villa.....L 0-2                                    28,008
Mar  2 a Manchester C....D 1-1 shearer                            29,078
    13 h Leeds U.........W 1-0 fenton                             23,358
    16 a Tottenham H.....W 3-2 shearer 3                          32,387
    30 h Everton.........L 0-3                                    29,468
Apr  6 a Southampton.....L 0-1                                    14,793
     8 h Newcastle U.....W 2-1 fenton 2                           30,717
    13 a Nottingham F....W 5-1 shearer,fenton,mckinlay,wilcox 2   25,273
    17 h Wimbledon.......W 3-2 fenton,shearer 2                   24,174
    27 h Arsenal.........D 1-1
May  5 a Chelsea.........W 3-2 mckinlay

FA Cup
Jan  6 a Ipswich T(3)....D 0-0                                    21,236
    16 h Ipswich T(3)....L 0-1                                    19,606

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Coca-Cola Cup
Sep 20 a Swindon T(2-1)..W 3-2 sutton,shearer 2                   14,740
Oct  4 h Swindon T(2-2)..W 2-0 shearer 2                          16,924
    24 a Watford(3)......W 2-1 sharer,newell                      17,035
Nov 29 a Leeds U(4)......L 1-2 og                                 26,006

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UEFA Champions League
Group Matches
Sep 13 h Spartak Moscow..L 0-1                                    20,940
    27 a Rosenborg.......L 1-2 newell                             12,210
Oct 18 a Legia Warsaw....L 0-1                                    15,000
Nov  1 h Legia Warsaw....D 0-0                                    20,897
    22 a Spartak Moscow..L 0-3                                    35,000
Dec  6 h Rosenborg.......W 4-1 shearer,newell 3                   20,677

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Final League Position: 7th in Division One

Manager: Ray Harford

League Records;
Alan Shearer - 31 goals
Henning Berg - 38 apps

Average Home League Gate; 27,617